Friday, December 17, 2010

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on Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:39 PM

Rolling Stonereports that he died today due to complications from multiple sclerosis. Entertainment Weekly adds that he passed away "in a northern California hospital." We'll see what we can get.

UPDATE: Assistant Coroner Charlie Van Buskirk that Beefheart died at Mad River Hospital early this morning. He knows this only because hospital staff called him with a procedural question at around 6 a.m.